The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-04
average of from two to four DAVIS
There is also among those

average Of from two to four davs
There is also among those Who
pose the College a good deal up Up,
about the pay Of the professors sn9
their unnecessary number. Accord;na
to the report Of the president of fun ing
faculty the salary of the president 0i i;
So, 500, andthe~ professors who reca;ras
the highest salary is paid 81 9So
There were during the last term o;r
professors paid by the College. tbrno
assistant professors at $500 eacS
eight instructors or tutors a s,1rroaI
paid by fees, a steward and a forsmon
| of the farm.
Of these instructors the average nav
was $40 a month, the majority Of
them being graduates Of the CojIeoo
THE MEN WHO RUN THE COLLEGE,
The following are the members of
the faculty and the heads of denart
ments.
Gen. S. D. Lee, president.
DR.. D. L. Phores, professor Of hi.
ology.
F. A.. Gully, professor of agri.
culture.
John A. Myers, professor of chem.
istry; also State chemist.
W. H. Magruder, professor of Enc.
lish. .
Dabney Lipscomb, professor Of pre-.
paratory department.
Lieut.. III. G.. Davis, U. S. A. com.
manlant.
A. B. Mckay, professor of horti.
culture and entomology.
GEN. STEPHEN D.. E
The faculty are regarded as men
not only skilful and able in their pro.
fessions, but in thorough sympathy
with the objects of the institution.
Gen. Lee is the moving spirit of the
College, and to him is undoubtedly
due a very large need of praise for
the successful inauguration and sub.
sequent conduct Of the College. The
students as a general rule are loyal
and devoted to him, as are the mem
bers of the faculty. He is already
being favorably spoken of as the next
Governor of Mississippi, and there are
a good many signs that point in that
direction. He is enthusiastic as to
the future of the College, and devotes
all his energies to the superintendent
of it's affairs. In his last catalogue Of
the College he says:
THE MISSION OF THE oLLEGE.
The instruction given in the way of
education in the academic and scien-
tiic departments is Of the highest i'm
portance, and nothing can take prece-
dence over it. The industrial features
come next and with them is joined the
assistance which a student by his work
can obtain pecuniarily. 1t differs
from the old manual labor school in
this There the important matter was
to work enough to pay all expenses.
The education received was of second
airy consideration compared with earn
ing money enough to pay ones way.
The boy who labors most of his time
is too tired physically to accomplish
much in his studies whereas moderate
labor facilitates study. 1t is desirable
that this feature should be understood
in connection with this College. 1t
must not be thought that a boy can
work his way through by his labor
and also get a frst-class education. 1t
is impossible to do both. He could
not accomplish it if he had a school at
home at his very door. A student
here has many advantages: He not
only gets his tuition free from the
State, but he has an opportunity to
work and pay for half or more OF his
labor. At home he would still have
to incur the expense of board and
clothing, which are unavoidable in at.
tending school under any conditions,
At it's late meeting the board OF
trustees passed resolutions endorsing
the course of Gen. Lee and his faculty:
THE LAST BALL.
The College ball, however, has been
stricken from the programme OF com,
mencement exercises. The ball held
last night was, therefore, the last OIL
~the<series. M. f. l.